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Adequacy of stress ulcer prophylaxis prescription in the intensive care unit: an observational study

Swiss Medical Weekly, 2020
PURPOSE Stress ulcer prophylaxis prescriptions might not be sufficiently challenged throughout a patient's stay in an intensive care unit (ICU) and might be erroneously maintained after ICU discharge.
Marilena Franchitti, Jitka Piubellini, Farshid Sadeghipour, Philippe Eckert, Pierre Voirol, Antoine G. Schneider   +5 more
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Prophylaxis for stress ulcer bleeding in the intensive care unit

Revista de Gastroenterología de México (English Edition), 2014
Background: The critically ill patient can develop gastric erosions and, on occasion, stress ulcers with severe gastrointestinal bleeding that can be fatal.
J.M. Avendaño-Reyes, H. Jaramillo-Ramírez   +1 more
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Assessment of pharmacologic prophylaxis use against stress ulcer in the medical wards of University of Gondar Hospital

SAGE Open Medicine, 2019
Background: Critically ill patients with moderate-to-severe physiologically stressful event are at high risk of developing stress ulcers. The use of pharmacological prophylaxis significantly reduces the incidence of stress ulcer in high-risk patients ...
Boressa Adugna Horsa, Yohanes Ayele, Mohammed Biset Ayalew   +2 more
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Stress ulcer prophylaxis versus placebo or no prophylaxis in adult hospitalised acutely ill patients—protocol for a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis [PDF]

Systematic Reviews, 2017
Background Stress ulcer prophylaxis is considered standard of care in many critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, the quality of evidence supporting this has recently been questioned, and clinical equipoise exists.
Søren Marker, Anders Perner, Jørn Wetterslev, Marija Barbateskovic, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Mette Krag, Anders Granholm, Carl Thomas Anthon, Morten Hylander Møller   +8 more
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Appropriateness and Cost of Prophylaxis Stress Ulcer for Inpatient in the Internal Medicine Department in a Government Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study

Borneo Journal of Pharmacy
Guidelines from the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) 1999 prohibit acid-suppressing therapy for stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) in patients who are not critically ill.
Mega Octavia, Nurul Maziyyah, Rima Nurul Fauziyah   +2 more
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Pediatric intensive care stress ulcer prevention (PIC-UP): a protocol for a pilot randomized trial

Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2017
Background Despite sparse pediatric data on effectiveness, the majority of critically ill children receive medications to prevent gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding.
Mark Duffett, Karen Choong, Jennifer Foster, Elaine Gilfoyle, Jacques Lacroix, Nikhil Pai, Lehana Thabane, Deborah J Cook, for The Canadian Critical Care Trials Group   +8 more
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Pantoprazole for the Treatment of Peptic Ulcer Bleeding and Prevention of Rebleeding

Clinical Medicine Insights: Gastroenterology, 2012
Adding proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to endoscopic therapy has become the mainstay of treatment for peptic ulcer bleeding, with current consensus guidelines recommending high-dose intravenous (IV) PPI therapy (IV bolus followed by continuous therapy ...
Christo J. Van Rensburg, Susan Cheer
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Effects of stress ulcer prophylaxis in adult ICU patients receiving renal replacement therapy (Sup-Icu RENal, SIREN): Study protocol for a pre-planned observational study [PDF]

Trials, 2018
Background Proton pump inhibitors are often used in critically ill patients to prevent gastrointestinal bleeding despite limited evidence for benefit.
Joerg C. Schefold, Anders Perner, Theis Lange, Jørn Wetterslev, Matt P. Wise, Mark Borthwick, Stepani Bendel, Frederik Keus, Anne Berit Guttormsen, Søren Marker, Mette Krag, Morten Hylander Møller, for the SUP-ICU investigators   +12 more
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Economic impact of pharmacist interventions on correction of stress-related mucosal damage prophylaxis practice

ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 2019
Laleh Mahmoudi,1 Rahim Mohammadi,1 Ramin Niknam2 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran; 2Gastroenterohepatology Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran ...
Mahmoudi L, Mohammadi R, Niknam R
doaj   +1 more source

Nosocomial Pneumonia in Mechanically Ventilated Patients Receiving Ranitidine or Sucralfate as Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Indian Journal of Anaesthesia, 2008
This study was conducted to evaluate the incidence of early- and late-onset nosocomial pneumonia, gastric colonization, and gastrointestinal bleeding in 50 orotracheally intubated, mechanically ventilated patients treated with sucralfate or ranitidine ...
Smita Prakash, Anutam Rai, Anoop Raj Gogia, Sunil Prakash   +3 more
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